Age: 69
Type of organization: Economic development/health care
Involvement: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation; BioOhio; national chair, Value-driven Engineering and U.S. Global Competitiveness Initiative; Akron Urban League
In the news: The Austen BioInnovation Institute has helped Akron’s three major hospital systems produce 88 invention disclosures in a 12-month period, through November 2011. That’s up from 25 in 2010 and zero in 2009.